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    Studio Amit designs elderly housing with “sense of vitality” in Israel

    Tel Aviv’s Studio Amit has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. Studio Amit designed the project for Maccabi Healthcare Services’ chain of private, upscale retirement complexes around the country, called Bayit Balev. Israel has national health insurance but requires membership to one of four organisations, either Maccabi, […] More

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    Adam Nathaniel Furman's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a “visual feast”

    A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. Described by Adam Nathaniel Furman as a formerly “claustrophobic” space, the Nagatachō Apartment had previously contained several cramped rooms that were arranged around a long, narrow corridor. […] More

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    Hong Kong's Imperfect Residence embraces the values of wabi-sabi

    NC Design & Architecture has applied an array of naturally flawed materials throughout this Hong Kong apartment, which has been designed in accordance with the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. NC Design & Architecture was initially asked by Imperfect Residence’s owners to create a highly functional space that looks beautiful and ages well. The Hong Kong-based […] More

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    Studio Razavi completes “introspective” Apartment XVII in historic Lyon neighbourhood

    Studio Razavi has abandoned excessive decoration for simple plaster walls and arched niches inside this Lyon apartment, which is meant to channel a sense of calm. Nestled amongst the winding, cobbled streets and Renaissance-era buildings of the historic Vieux Lyon neighbourhood, Apartment XVII has been designed by Studio Razavi to be an “introspective space”. Left […] More

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    Room-sized shower “big enough for two” features inside Montreal apartment McGill 120

    Canadian studio La Firme has turned a former industrial space in a Montreal heritage building into a contemporary home. The local design practice stripped-back a property in a 1820s building, located in the Old Montreal area, to create a loft-like apartment. Brick walls, pipes and wooden ceiling beams overhead are left exposed as a reflection […] More

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    PriestmanGoode to design interiors of vast Indian co-living spaces

    PriestmanGoode has unveiled designs for the interiors and branding of Indian co-living venture Olive, which will launch with a 15,000-bed community in Bangalore. Launched by Indian real-estate group Embassy Group, the first phase of the Olive co-living project will be a 15,000-bed development in Bangalore. This will be joined by 2,500-bed spaces in Pune and […] More

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    General Assembly upgrades apartment inside brutalist Manhattan tower

    New York studio General Assembly has reconfigured a 1970s apartment in the city’s Upper East Side into a sun-light space with a home office. General Assembly’s renovation turned a one-bedroom unit into a home with two rooms, complete with an updated kitchen and living room. The studio reduced the size of the master bedroom and […] More